Draft-rigging for cars.



G. Q. LEWIS. DRAFT meme FOR CARS.

' APPLICATION FILED OCT. 18. I915.

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drawings, forming a part of this specificatlon.

This invention relates to improvements in draft riggings for cars.

- The object of the invention is to provide relatively cheap draftattachments for a railway car draft rigging, the attachments being sodesigned that they may be easily applied and preferably made fromcommercial shapes.-

In the drawing forming a part of this specificatioml igure l is alongitudinal, ver tical sectional view of a draft rigging show ing myimprovements embodied therein, and Fig. 2 is a horizontal, sectionalview of the structure shown in E ig. 1 and taken substantially on theline 22 of the latter.

In said drawing, 10-10 denote the center sills or draft members of thecar, the same being preferably in the form of channels having theirflanges extended outwardly, 1111 denote the rear stop members and 12-12the front stop members. Each of the stop members 1112 is in the form ofa section of a channel, with the channel extending lengthwise orparallel to the center line of the draft rigging. Each of the stopmembers 11 has the flange portions 1313 thereof riveted to the draftmembers 10, the upper stop member 11 having its flanges extendingupwardly and the lower stop member 11 having its flanges extending down-Each of the rear stops 11 also has a portion of the web 14 thereof cutaway at the front end to thereby form a recess or pocket within whichfits the rear end of the draft gear, designated generally by thereference A. In order to brace the stop members 11 and to form widerbearings for the stop shoulders proper, each of the stop members 11 hasanother section of a channel 15 secured thereto preferably by rivets.The channel sections 15 extending transversely of the stop members areat right angles to the channels forming the stop members 11. Each of thechannel sections 15 is Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 5, wt '2'.

Application filed october 18, 1915. Serial No. 56,437.

so positioned that the forward flange 16 thereof is flush with the frontedge of the web 14 thus forminga wide and rigid abutment for the rearend of the casing of the draftrgear A. By arranging the rear stops 1111in the manner described, it provide long flange sections by which thesame may be riveted to the sills, thus distributing the rivets over alarge area. Each of the stop members 12-12 has also secured thereto atransversely extending section of a channel 17, the inner or rearflanges 18 thereof being flush with the rear edges of the webs of thechannel stop members 12-12. The sets of front and rear stop members 12and 11 are spaced vertically sufiiciently toreceive therebetween, andalso guide, a horizontal web 19, the same surrounding the draft gear Aand keyed by a coupler key 20 to the drawbar 21, the ends of the key 20being slidable in elongated slots 22 in the sills 10. A front follower23 is preferably interposed between the rear end of the draw-bar and thewedge of the friction mechanism of the gear A. Transversely extendingtie plates 24; and 25 may be employed to support the gear and frontfollower respectively.

From the preceding description, it will be seen that I have provided acheap but strong form of stop members or attachments for a entirely fromcommercial shapes of any requisite strength. Also, the transverselyextending channel sections 15 and 1? present a large area by which theymay be riveted to the stop members Ell-12, thus minimizing any tendencyof the webs of the stop members to bend or buckle under shock.

Various changes and modifications will suggest themselves to thoseskilled in the art, and I do not wish to be limited to the exactstructure shown and described but contemplate all changes andmodifications within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim: y

1. in a draft rigging, the combination with draft sills and channelshaped stop members secured thereto, said channel stop members extendingparallel to the axis of the draft rigging, of means for bracing saidstep members, said means comprising channels extending at right anglesto the axis of the draft rigging.

2. lln a draft rigging, a stop member comprising a section of a channelarranged to have the flanges thereof secured to a pair of draft sills,and a section of another channel secured to the web of said first namedchannel section and having one of the flanges thereof flush with theedge of the Web of said first named channel section.

3. A stop member for draft riggings which comprises a section of achannel adapted to have the flanges thereof secured to opposite draftsills, a portion of the web of said channel being cut out to therebyform a recess, and a section of another channel secured to the web ofthe first named channel and extending in a direction transverselythereof, one of the flanges of the second named channel section beingflush with the edge of the Webof the first named channel section at theinner end of said recess.

4. In a draft rigging, the combination with draft sills, of upper andlower stop members for a draft gear having a horizontal yoke, said stopmembers being each secured at its sides to the sills and haying ahorizontal web, the upper stop member being provided at its inner edgewith a transverse, vertical, upwardly extending flange and the lowerstop member being provided at its inner edge with a transverse,downwardly extending, vertical flange.

In Witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my namethis 27th day of Sept, 1915.

. GQODRICH Q. LEWIS.

